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46 The Link Magazine • November 2004
Parish celebrates international community Care at Christmas meeting
Like all the Catholic Parishes in Swindon, St. Peter's at Eastleaze has Christmas Care provides shelter, food and clothing for anyone who
a lot of members who have come from outside England, writes Mary is alone, in need or homeless over the Christmas period.
Wainaina-Mbeche, below, who is from Kenya. The project will run from Friday the Swindon area on Christmas
In addition to Em,- ind South Africa. 24 December until Tuesday 28 Eve.
lish, Irish, Scots and The Kenyan families December in the Methodist Church A volunteers' meeting, open to
Welsh, we have peo- in the community also at Queens Drive. everyone, takes place at Queens
ple from all the conti- - formed a Swahili choir, During Christmas 2003 more Drive Methodist Church on
nents. introducing St. Peters than 120 guests visited the shelter, Wednesday 17 November, 7.30pm.
On one weekend a to some Swahili hymns on average 30 people slept each Dates for collection of bedding,
year we hold an Inter- = and dance. Father night and 70 turkey dinners were clothing, food and toiletries will
national Mass to cel- Michael Saunders cel- served on Christmas Day. Parcels be listed in the December Link.
ebrate our interna- ebrated part of the of food and toys were also distrib- For further information call
tional roots. We are all Mass in Latin. And, as uted to needy families throughout Patsy Moloney on 642368.
encouraged to come t ^ -.. he pointed out with a
church in our national _` / i 'c-._ smile at the end, "God
dress, and the readings, prayers understood every word." More help needed for majorettes
and music come from all over the After Mass we staged an inter- West Swindon based Bluebelle Majorettes has had an influx of girls
world. national fashion show and then during the Autumn and now has 41 on the books, which means they
On 25 September we were sat down to abring-and-share meal needs more adult volunteer trainers.
greeted in Spanish, French, Ger- made up of national dishes from " We're looking
man, Japanese, Filipino, Konkani all over the world. It was a won- for somebody who
(from Goa) and Swahili. We sang derfuleveningwhich reminded all
might have been a
hymns from India, Nepal, Zimba- of us of Jesus' universal call to majorette when
bwe, France, the USA, Kenya, reach out to the strangers among they were younger
Cameroon, Rwanda, Korea, Israel us, and welcome them.
and would like to
pass on their expe-
Christmas card sellers wanted rience," said Blue-
Cards for Good Causes will be selling Christmas cards in the West belles coordinator
Swindon Library throughout November until 18 December. Christine Doyle.
Proceeds from the cards go to 25 different charities, including "We practice on Fri-
Barnardo's, British Heart Foundation, NCH, NSPCC, Save the Chil- day evenings at
dren, Samaritans. Greendown and
Volunteers are urgently needed to run the stall on Tuesday, Thurs- perform at shows
day, Friday and Saturday 10am to 4pm and Wednesday 10am to 1pm. during the summer.
To help, call Liz Boardman on 01249 709147. Ideally the helper
would be able to
Help for drug users and their families commit to joining us
on these outings."
A family support service run by Druglink offers a possible life line If you can help the
to drug users, family members, carers and partners of users. Bluebelles, call
The Family Support Group offers family members the chance to work
Christine on 852979.
through drug related issues in a supportive environment over a 12
week period. Another course is planned for January. Christine Doyle, cen-
For details about Druglink and the support offered, call Family tre, with some of the
Support Workers, Carol Ings or Gina Maroney on 610133. Bluebelles

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